A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of
Papilio glaucus syn.
Jasoniades glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also
tiger swallowtail. See
Illust. under
Swallowtail. [
1913 Webster]